Advanced Dietetic Practitioner - Paediatric Metabolics

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust; Leicester; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking an Advanced Dietetic Practitioner to provide clinical leadership across paediatric metabolic services and to contribute to the East Midlands Paediatric Metabolic Service (EMPMS) initiative with Leicester. The role involves managing a clinical caseload, advancing service delivery, and guiding the MDT with expert metabolic dietetic input.

You will work in collaboration with the EMPMS Regional Lead Nurse to plan and deliver a specialist service,

Qualifications

• Clinical caseload management in paediatric metabolism
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams
• Evidence-based practice with advanced clinical judgment

Responsibilities

• Hold a clinical paediatric metabolic caseload
• Lead service development and audits
• Provide expert metabolic dietetic guidance to MDT
• Collaborate regionally within EMPMS
• Support pathway development for children with inherited metabolic disorders

Skills

Advanced Dietetic Practitioner

Clinical leadership

Strategic planning

Service development

Audit leadership

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced dietitian to join our team as an Advanced Dietetic Practitioner - providing dietetic clinical leadership across Metabolic services at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH). The successful candidate will be joining an expanding multi-professional team to develop a regional paediatric metabolic service with Leicester in a joint venture to form the East Midland's Paediatric Metabolic Service (EMPMS). The individual will hold a clinical caseload and be responsible for developing the service while working collaboratively with the MDT. As an Advanced Dietetic Practitioner, you will be responsible and accountable for the strategic planning, managing and provision of a highly specialist, clinically effective, safe and cost effective dietetic service to the Paediatric Metabolic service at NUH. You will act as an independent dietetic practitioner supporting the pathway of paediatric patients affected by Metabolic disorders where dietary

treatment is the cornerstone of their treatments. You will provide expert opinion, advice and guidance to dietetic and consultant colleagues and other health professionals and lead on regular service development and audits., You will be expected to work with the EMPMS Regional Lead Nurse to provide a specialist metabolic dietetic service at NCH through strategic planning and service delivery. Working autonomously, you'll support pathways for Children and Young People with Inherited Metabolic Disorders, demonstrating initiative and innovation in service advancement. You'll provide regular expert advice to the wider metabolic MDT, incorporating research and education with evidence-based practice and advanced clinical judgment. Key responsibilities include managing a clinical caseload, providing daily operational support to team members, leading the team for effective and efficient service delivery, developing caseload management plans, identifying treatment priorities in complex situations, ensuring safe practice, and contributing to the learning of other dietitians while supporting leadership and management teams.

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH